An icon on golf courses across the globe and the company that makes it land on the green by powder coating.

It's 1955. A man drives south from Minnesota bound for St. Louis. Stored in the back of the vehicle lies an object that will forever leave its mark on the world of golf. As the miles unwind upon the interstate, the Midwestern landscape unfolds rather statically compared with the life of the man at the wheel. From the mythic mold of Horatio Alger heroes, the driver began as an orphan and through hard work and determination ended up owning his own foundry.

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